Why there is an angel on top of the Christmas tree...

One Christmas, Santa was having a really bad day. The local elves union was up in arms over their contract and were threatening a walk-out. Mrs. Claus was angry that Santa was never around to appreciate all of the hard work she had been doing around the house. And top it all off, she had him on and a diet that never suited Santa to begin with. So through all of this, Santa decided he needed to go home, sit in front of a fire and relax.

When he got there, Miss Claus was still angry and wouldn't let down. As Santa tried to calm her down, there was a knock on the door. It was Rudolph. He, also, was quite upset and said the reindeer were sick and tired of Santa's failing to upgrade to a newer lightweight sleigh and that they were joining the elves walkout. Santa slammed the door and threatened, "The next person who knocks on that door is gonna get it!"

Two seconds later, there was a knock on the door. Santa flung the door open and there stood a tiny little angel. The angel had been searching for the perfect Christmas tree for Santa's house all day long, until it found the perfect one. The little angel asked,"Santa, I was wondering where you would like me to stick this tree?"

And that is the story of how the angel atop the tree tradition began.

more nosewarmers

nose-worthy nose-warmers

The pattern, as promised, for nose-worthy nose-warmers

Needed:
Small bit of worsted weight yarn
5 mm needles (US size 8)

Instructions:

Cast on 15 stitches

Row 1: knit 14 stitches, turn
Row 2: knit 13 stitches, turn
Row 3: knit 12 stitches, turn…

Continue like this until you knit 3 stitches, turn then:

Knit 4 stitches, turn
Knit 5 stitches, turn
Knit 6 stitches, turn…
Until - knit 15 stitches.

Cast off loosely. Tie straps on the ends long enough to tie around your head. (These can be braided or twisted.) Make a tassel for the tip of the nose if you like!


© Lori Noseworthy 2007

The Sleepover

Here we are, me the lopsided librarian, Robert Munsch, and two of the participants...

And that is the end of that story.

This is Sam, he didn't even last until supper on Saturday. But look at that nosewarmer!

The one that's not relaxed.

My knitting has not been very adventurous lately.

Can you say socks? And socks, and more socks? I think I am stuck :(

BUT I have plans. And plans are great things, if you can actually follow through with them! I have a skein of Fleece Artist's curlylocks all wound up, sitting next to a brand new 60" addi turbo, waiting to be turned into a moebius scarf, a la Cat Bordhi. BUT the library book I borrowed that has the magical cast-on method in it had to be returned before the addi turbo arrived in the mail, and now the book is overdue to be returned (by someone else) and I am next in line. So I wait...

BUT I have more plans! I have all the yarn for a Rogue sweater (2 actually, but that's another story). I have the pattern. I don't have the right size needles! Thwarted at every turn. I did, however, recently order a set of Denise interchangeable needles which, I have been told, are well worth having, and will also give me the sizes I need for my Rogue sweater. And I got the Briggs & Little yarn at such a good deal I can justify paying for the Denise set. The Denise needles motto is "Relax, we're all here." Now if I could just relax until mine get here, I'll be okay.

I mistakenly bought enough yarn for 2 Rogue sweaters; I may have my Christmas knitting already lined up.

After all, only 7 more months until Christmas. Ho ho ho!

The one where she's winding yarn

We were chatting about winding skeins into balls on KnitTalk today, so I thought I would show you how I set it up. I hope you can see that I hang the skein around the arms of a willing rocking chair (having used up all my willing volunteers several years ago). I make a center pull ball as shown on the Knitting Help website. It is near the bottom of the page, but take your time getting there... there are lots of other useful and cool videos that you might learn a lot from! (No affiliation, I just like being able to watch the same video over and over--if I have to-- without annoying my knitter friends by asking them to show me something AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN!!

This is a skein of Goldilocks (or maybe curlylocks) from Fleece Artist that I got at the workshop I went to a few weeks ago. I think it is going to be a moebius scarf, but I just got my 60" addi turbo in the mail this week and now I have to wait for one of Cat Bordhi's books that I put on hold at the library where I work. Then I will be able to try it out. In the meantime, I wait, with addi at the ready and yarn balled...

The one with the cool boots!

Not my words, but my niece's. For her 8th birthday I gave her a pair of Regia rubber boots (NAYY) and 4 or 5 pairs of self-striping socks. (The ones in the picture are Trekking, I think.) I didn't know that she really needed a pair of rubber boots, so her mom was pleased too.

And it's always nice to hear, "These are cool, AuntieLo!"